Morning Service

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 15, 2020

*congregation standing as able

PRELUDE
Nathan Skinner, organ

INTROIT

“Now We Are Ambassadors” from the Oratorio St. Paul
Words: 2 Cor. 5:20
Music: Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847)

Now we are ambassadors in the name of Christ,
and God beseecheth you by us.

* CALL TO WORSHIP from Psalm 96
Julian L., Minister of Missions

Leader: O sing unto the LORD a new song; sing unto the LORD, all the whole earth.
People: Sing unto the LORD and praise his name; tell of his salvation from day to day.
Leader: Declare his honor to the nations, and his wonders to all peoples.
People: Ascribe unto to the LORD, O you families of the peoples, ascribe unto the LORD worship and power.
Leader: O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness; let the whole earth stand in awe of him.

* HYMN Lift High the Cross

* INVOCATION, CONFESSION, & LORD’S PRAYER
Our Father who art in heaven; Hallowed be Thy name.
Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our coming day’s bread;
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors;
And lead us not into trial, but deliver us from the Evil One.
For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

* PEACE

LIFE OF THE CHURCH
Mark Booker, Senior Minister
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Missionary Update
Jim, serving Central Asia

ANTHEM

Let All the World
Words: George Herbert (1593-1633)
Music: Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958)

Let all the world in every corner sing,
”My God and King!”

The heavens are not too high,
His praise may thither fly;
The earth is not too low,
His praises there may grow,
Let all the world in every corner sing!

Let all the world in every corner sing,
”My God and King!”

The church with psalms must shout,
No door may keep them out;
But, above all, the heart must bear the largest part.

Let all the world in every corner sing,
”My God and King!”

Let all the world in every corner sing,
”My God and King!”

OLD TESTAMENT READING
Richard Ibekwe
Isaiah 60:1–11

Leader: The Word of the Lord
People: Thanks be to God

* HYMN No. 442 Arise, O God

NEW TESTAMENT READING
Elisse Kang, serving Japan
Julian L.
2 Corinthians 5:16–6:2

Leader: The Word of the Lord
People: Thanks be to God

GLORIA PATRI (Hymn No. 734)
Glory be to the Father,
and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost;
as it was in the beginning,
is now, and ever shall be,
world without end. Amen, amen.

SERMON
“New Creation, New Formation”
Dr. Scott W. Sunquist
President and Professor of Missiology at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary

* HYMN Ye That Know the Lord Is Gracious

CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER
Park Street Missionaries
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OFFERTORY
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“How Lovely Are the Messengers” from the Oratorio St. Paul
Words: Julius Schubring (1806–1889)
Music: Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847)

How lovely are the messengers that preach us the Gospel of peace!
To all the nations is gone forth the sound of their words, throughout
all the lands their glad tidings.

* HYMN Lead On, O King Eternal

* BENEDICTION

POSTLUDE
Lift High the Cross arr. Craig Phillips (b. 1961)
Nathaniel Efthimiou, organ